The Atacama Trench, located off the coast of Peru and Chile, is one of the deepest oceanic regions on our planet, and scientists think it could be an ecological haven. A new study describes a four ...

An expert diver's record-breaking feat was supplemented, not by the discovery of a magical marine creature, but by plastic ...

A recent push by the NASA Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) satellite to shine a light into that darkness has been ...

They were part of a larger 2023 initiative to explore extremely low waters. It involved a mooring system called the Integrated Deep-Ocean Observing System, or IDOOS. Dulcibella camanchaca is found ...

Standing tall with a vertical drop of an astonishing 11,500 feet (3,500 meters), it’s over three times the height of the ...

For Under The Pole’s DeepLife program, which is part of the Rolex Perpetual Planet ... These are diverse ecosystems in the deep ocean, full of sponges and corals such as red gorgonia and black ...

A spiraling coral documented at 1419 meters deep on Seamount ... This expedition is part of a larger effort to address the impacts of climate change on ocean habitats in and around Chile.

Hercules can dive as deep as 13,100 feet ... Public outreach is a key part of the mission. The ship is operated through the non-profit Ocean Exploration Trust, an organization devoted to seafloor ...

This remarkable finding is part of the 2023 Integrated Deep-Ocean Observing System (IDOOS) Expedition aboard the R/V Abate Molina, led by scientists from IMO. Four Dulcibella camanchaca ...

Over the last decade and a half, deep-sea mining has captured worldwide ... Norway has been considering the possibility of mining in the part of the Arctic Ocean set aside as its exclusive ...